This movie has been designated a Critics’ Pick by the film reviewers of The New York Times.

Coop and Papa, Manning Up in Good Times and Bad

‘Cooper & Hemingway,’ an Alliance of Actor and Writer

Review Summary

Gary Cooper and Ernest Hemingway, two models of American virility, had similarities, not least as outdoorsmen: Cooper grew up on a farm in Montana, and Hemingway was a big-game hunter and deep-sea fisherman. But they were also a study in contrasts: Cooper worked with movie crews; Hemingway labored alone. Cooper was understated and conservative, Hemingway volatile and a liberal. The mix, as John Mulholland’s exhaustive documentary “Cooper & Hemingway: The True Gen” demonstrates, made for a friendship spanning decades. — Andy Webster